Cantrell v. State

MORROW, Presiding Judge.

The offense is burglary; punishment fixed at confinement in the penitentiary for a period of three years.

The owner named in the indictment was M. P. Hawthorne. According to his testimony, he resided in the City of Dallas, and was president of a corporation known as the H. & D. Mercantile Company, which owned a mercantile establishment located at Seagoville, in Dallas County; that he had ño personal knowledge of the burglary. He said:

“I had Mr. Dickson in charge of the store at that time, W. E. Dickson, who was manager of the store and also interested in the store; and…